Population 1,040 (2011) Principal area Wrexham Local time Wednesday 8:47 AM Ceremonial county Clwyd UK parliament constituency Clwyd South | OS grid reference SJ205384 Country Wales Dialling code 01691 Post town Llangollen | |
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Welsh (48.3% of population) Community Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog Weather 8°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 79% Humidity | ||
Berwyn valley glyn ceiriog
Glyn Ceiriog is the principal settlement of the Ceiriog Valley. Confusingly, Glyn Ceiriog translates simply as Ceiriog Valley, though there are other villages in the valley. The village is technically known, in traditional Welsh naming style, as Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog or sometimes Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog, which means church of St Fraid (the Welsh name of St Bridget) in the Ceiriog Valley, but it has come to be known simply as Glyn Ceiriog, or even Glyn for short. The name Llansanffraid is now more associated with other villages of the same name.
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- Berwyn valley glyn ceiriog
- Map of Glyn Ceiriog Llangollen UK
- Civic history
- Political representation
- Physical geographyGeology
- Notable residents
- References
Map of Glyn Ceiriog, Llangollen, UK
Glyn Ceiriog is a local government community in Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is in the Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency and Clwyd South parliamentary constituency.
A former slate mining village, it lies on the River Ceiriog and on the B4500 road, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Chirk. It is under three miles (5 km) as the crow flies (but much further by road due to the steep mountains) south of Llangollen.
Civic history
Glyn Ceiriog was historically administered as the civil parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, ("St Ffraid's in the Ceiriog Valley"). From 1889 until 1974, Glyn Ceiriog was part of the administrative county of Denbighshire, which was divided into various rural districts. From 1895 to 1935, Glyn Ceiriog was in the Chirk Rural District, which merged in 1935 with Llansilin Rural District to form the Ceiriog Rural District. Glyn Ceiriog was in the Ceiriog Rural District from 1935 to 1974.
In 1974, Denbighshire was abolished as an administrative county, and Glyn Ceiriog was incorporated into the Glyndŵr District of the new county of Clwyd. Both of those were dissolved in 1996, and Glyn Ceiriog became a part of the new unitary authority of Wrexham County Borough, in which it currently remains.
Political representation
Today, Glyn Ceiriog is administered within Wrexham County Borough Council, a unitary authority created in 1996. Glyn Ceiriog is in the Ceiriog Valley ward, and has an Independent councillor.
Since 2011, Glyn Ceiriog has been represented at the National Assembly for Wales by Ken Skates, the Labour Party Assembly Member for Clwyd South.
Since 2010, Glyn Ceiriog has been represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Susan Jones, the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Clwyd South.
Physical geography/Geology
Glyn Ceiriog is located in the Ceiriog Valley, a valley created by the River Ceiriog. Geologically, the area has Ordovician and Silurian strata. The soil is thin and peaty.
Notable residents
A number of Welsh literary figures have lived in or near Glyn Ceiriog. The 15th century Welsh poet Guto'r Glyn (1435-1493) is associated with Glyn Ceiriog. The 17th century Welsh poet Huw Morus (Eos Ceiriog: Ceiriog Nightingale) (1622 - 1709) was born and lived near Glyn Ceiriog. The Eisteddfod prize-winning poet and lexicographer, Rev. Robert Elis (Cynddelw) (1812-1875) was a Baptist minister at Glyn Ceiriog Independent Welsh Baptist Chapel, Seion, from 1838-1840. The Welsh novelist Islwyn Ffowc Elis spent most of his childhood on a farm near Glyn Ceiriog, although he was born in Wrexham. The actress Sarah Edwards was born in Glyn Ceirog in 1882. Additionally, Lancelot Hogben, an experimental zoologist and medical statistician, moved to the Ceiriog Valley in the late 1950s, and lived in Glyn Ceiriog at the time of his death in 1975.